The Beyonder's Space Forum 2026 was a three‑day, multilingual initiative (28 Feb–2 Mar) marking four years of the LIFE‑To & Beyond Foundation® and National Science Day in India. Presenters in Bengali, Tamil, and English. We engaged some 60 international participants in dialogue and storytelling. Workshops examined the quotidian relevance of Space Technology (Bangla), career pathways in Astronomy in India (Tamil), and the emerging New Space Economy and Space Entrepreneurship (English). Hosted by Subhrajit Barua, Swathipriya D.G., and Sibsankar Palit, the forum combined scholarly perspectives and community voices to advance equitable, cross‑linguistic space education and to support pathways for diverse learners to find our place in space.

Biography:

Sibsankar Palit is the Founder & Executive Director of the LIFE‑To & Beyond Foundation®, a visiting scholar at the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, and Board Member at ACES Worldwide. Trained in chemistry and active in astrobiology and space science communication, he has led outreach programs across India, published scicomm pieces in Bengali and English, and contributed to international projects on life‑detection and space entrepreneurship.